The biggest female MMA fight in a long time is a go

Miesha Tate will defend her bantamweight title against Ronda Rousey at the Strikeforce show on March 3. Rousey ran through competition at featherweight, submitting all of her opponents in less than 2 minutes with an armbar. She’s talked a big game and, really, talked her way into a title fight. She’s also become the biggest star in the women’s division in short order.

The eventual goal is to build Rousey to face Cyborg Santos at 145 pounds a year or so down the road. She’ll have to get by Tate in order to do so, but she should be a strong favorite going into that fight given that Tate’s biggest strength is a top wrestling game and she won’t want to play there with Rousey, lest she lose her arm.